This is the song played during the ultrasound scenes. Love the melody and chords so much.
Tropicana by Ratatat
Watched this movie yesterday. A bit of synopsis, slacker boy Ben (Seth Rogen) had a one night stand with pretty alpha-woman E!channel presenter Alison (Katherine Heigl). She got knocked up. I watched Knocked Up with very high expectation, since I could barely keep myself off the floor, rolling with laughter from watching 40-Year-Old Virgin. How I adore that movie (despite its grossness) so much. I expected continuous ROFL funny but didn’t get it. I expected seemingly-mindless-and-horny-but-also-razor-sharp-and-witty light comedy with a heart, but who would have thought that the heart is this big. I still had many laugh-out-loud moments but at the back of my head I kept wondering ‘why is this movie much more bittersweet than I’d expected?’.
Seth Rogen isn’t a likely leading man and I doubted him for a split second, but he proved me wrong. He sure can carry a movie and his unlikely charms grow on you. He and Katherine Heigl make a good enough couple, the more you see them the more compatible they are, although this can be improved still. The best pairing in the movie is him and Paul Rudd actually; they have fabulous man-chemistry (remember the priceless “You know how I know you’re gay?” dialogue in 40yov).
Well, I can’t keep comparing this with 40-Year-Old Virgin because this one has a different, very subtle, perpetual bittersweet feeling lurking in the air that I’d rarely encountered in movies before (is it just me?). The movie feels very realistic. It sure is vulgar and hilarious but be prepared to feel touched by this offbeat comedy, which also gives its two cents about relationship, commitment, marriage and family. When I came out of the theatre I wasn’t like “I freaking love this movie!” but the more I think about it the more I grow fond of it, just like what I feel about the main guy Ben.
Links
official website
imdb
Rotten Tomatoes
Verdict
initially 7.5/10 but I slept on it and now it’s 9/10. Great movie but not for those who’re easily grossed out or offended by vulgarity and stuff in movies.
